Tobacco package



, F. B. JACK TOBACCO PACKAGE June 9, 1925.

Filed ,May 4, 1925 INVZ'NIOR Femm/6KB. JAcK BYMM Fm. E

Patented .lune 9, 1925.

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TOBACCO' PACKAGE.

Application ined May 4,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK B. JACK,

a subject of the King of Great Britain, and

resident of the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Im` provements in Tobacco Packages, of which :the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to new and use-ful improvements in wrappers for tobacco or the like, and the object of the invention is to provide a wrapper which will serve as a wrapper and pouch combined.

Another object is to provide a simple and inexpensive method of constructing the pouch.

In serving cigarette tobacco, it is customary to supp-ly a package of cigarette pa- 20 pers with the package of tobacco and'both lpackages are served as two separate units.

This is a very unsatisfactory method of serving this commodity and, if the tobacco and cigarette papers were served as one unit, a

greatbenefit would be derived by the ciga-y rette smokers and also the tobacco merchant.

In my invention, I provide a package with a double wrapper, the inner wrapper being made of tinfoil or the like and surrounding the tobacco. The outer wrapper is made of paper, in which a slot has been cut to allow for the insertion of a package of cigarette papers bet-Ween the outer and inner wrap-A pers. The slot .is curved to allow the papers to be placed between the outer and inner wrappers easily. The pouch for holding the cigarette papers is formed between the outer and inner packages with the bottom of the package acting as the bottom of the pouch and the slot as the entrance to the pouch.

In the drawings which illustrate my invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pac-kage showing the cigarette papers inserted in the pouch, and

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the package taken on the line 2 2 Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to thev draw- 1923. Serial No. 636,701.

ings, 11 designates an inner wrapper of tinfoll or the like, which is wrapped around the tobacco 12 to `keep the tobacco in `good condition. A paper wrapper 1:33 is then wrapped v around the tinfoil and sealed with a stamp 14. On the back of the package a slot 15 is cut in the paper wrasp'per only, thus forming a pouch 16 between the outer and inner wrappers. The bottom edge of the pouch is formed by the edge 18. A package of cigarette papers 17 is then inserted between the outer and inner wrappers through the slot. The slot can be curved to assist in the easy insertion of the papers 17 between the wrappers. This device has been shown applied to tobacco lwrappers but can be used for any other purpose without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The operation of the device is vas follows: Tobacco is wrapped in tinfoil to preserve it. An outer wrapper of paper 0r the like is then. wrapped around the tinfoil. A slot is cut in the paper wrapper large enough to allow cigarette papers between the inner and outer wrappers and also for easy access to the papers, The tinfoil acts as a'smooth guide for the cigarette papers,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In a package of the class described, an in-` ner sealed wrapper of tinfoil and an outer wrapper of paper completely enveloping the inner wrappper, said outer wrapper being provided ywith curved slot giving access to a. pouch formed between the outer and inner wrappers, the position of the slot being such that the depth of the pouch is less than the length of the package of cigarette paper .so that when such a package is inserted in the pouch an end of the package will project outwardly through the slot, the remaining end of the package being supported on that portion of the outer Wrapper which forms the lower closed end of the pouch.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand,

FREDERICK B. JACK. 

